The major cyberattack that halted Jaguar Land Rover’s production for almost six weeks has exposed a hard truth: modern automotive manufacturing is deeply vulnerable to digital disruption.
From frozen assembly lines to supplier chaos and regional economic fallout, the incident showed how quickly a single IT failure can ripple across thousands of tightly-coupled supply-chain partners.
- Why this matters
Just-in-time workflows = zero buffer
Deep supplier networks = thousands of trust boundaries
IT/OT convergence = expanded attack surface
Software-driven vehicles = complex supply-chain exposure
- What manufacturers must prioritize
Zero Trust across IT & OT
Strong supplier security governance
Resilient operational architectures
Fast detection + safe restart playbooks
At RELIANOID, we’re focused on helping manufacturers reduce blast radius with high-performance proxies, strong session controls, hot-restart capabilities, and resilient traffic handling — allowing critical systems to stay operational even under stress.
The JLR incident wasn’t just costly — it was a systemic warning. Resilience is now an industrial strategy.
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